Nazi eugenics programs inspired by U.S., especially California

FTA: "After the eugenics movement was well established in the United States, it spread to Germany. California eugenicists began producing literature promoting eugenics and sterilization and sending it overseas to German scientists and medical professionals. By 1933, California had subjected more people to forceful sterilization than all other U.S. states combined. The forced sterilization program engineered by the Nazis was partly inspired by California's."

paulie 2 years 18 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago

An EXCELLENT book on this subject. I've posted many quotes and paragraphs on google+ about eugenics recently. It's absolutely amazing how comparable the US, Germany, and Italy were between the two world wars on ideology and philosophy of what we know here as the "Progressive Movement."
A Renegade History of the United States, by Thaddeus Russell. Available in Kindle, audilbe.com, or in book form from amazon.com